Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

DavidG

Here’s a free link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/20 ... er-review/

DavidG

He’s a hell of a con man.

DavidG

Every Bordeaux vintage has winners and losers (maybe not 1956).
If you bring it, we will drink it. Enthusiastically!
We are Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts.

DavidG

Fascinating report. Sounds like an excellent visit! I wonder if there would be a difference between a Colheita aged X years in wood and then Y years in bottle after release, and a Garrafeira aged X years in wood and Y years in a glass Demi-John prior to release. One of the most intoxicating port exp...

DavidG

I hear ya Jim. At 68 now, I decided a couple of years ago that 2019 would be my last Bordeaux vintage. Even that may be aspirational. But it didn’t stop me from backfilling 2009s-2010s and 2014s-2016s.

DavidG

I’ll probably bring a couple of 2004s for Saturday.

DavidG

Peggy and I are coming Saturday. Can’t make Thursday or Friday.

DavidG

Jim, I don’t think there’s been a single time in this 142-page, 8 1/2 year old thread when I’ve been as fully in agreement with you as in the post above. In addition to Pennsylvania, I worry about Michigan.

DavidG

I’m feeling a lot better this evening.

DavidG

Odd first post. Are you for real?
What kind of wine business?
I think Ace of Spades and Cristal have captured that market.
Plus, you can’t saber or shake up a bottle of Bordeaux and spray it all over your bootylicious friends.

DavidG

I like the iris on the label.

DavidG

The Montelena Estate is one of my favorite Napa cabs. I’ve been buying them since 1984. It’s also a beautiful place to visit. A picnic lunch on one of the little islands there on a sunny day before or after a tasting is pretty sweet.

DavidG

Meyney is a great value, even at $35-40. Exceptional value at $30.

DavidG

Well, I went ahead and popped one. Very nice forward nose right out of the gate, with cassis, cherry, smoky earthy notes and a hint of leafy herbs. Lots of ripe polished fruit on the palate, decent balance but on the soft side, though there seem to be enough tannins to give it legs. Consistent with ...

DavidG

I’ve got a couple bottles of ‘09 Calon Segur. Would have thought it should be open for business at 15 years. I’m kinda confused by your note. Starts out strong, then opens up, complex, youthful, offering a lot… and then jammy, unexciting. A bit of Jekyll and Hyde all in one evening. Your note has me...

DavidG

It was great to see Jim in his natural habitat. What a beautiful setting. The steaks, 2008 Dom, and 1996 Lafite were all superb. It was the full-on Jim How experience. I’d had the Dom before and it was its usual excellent self. It was my first time with the 1996 Lafite… what can I say. The nose real...

DavidG

There will no doubt be serious discussion of the state of the Democratic party and indeed the future of the republic over some fine Northern Medocs on that hallowed back deck in Lewiston, where all the political nabobs make pilgrimage to consult with legendary political kingmaker Jimmy “LB” How.

DavidG

GPL sounds good. Talbot a little worrisome, but it’s early days.

DavidG

Nicklasss wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 1:11 am OMG, the 1993 Batailley. I will made a bold statement : no other red Bordeaux can be as boring as the 1993 Batailley.

Boring may be an even worse condemnation than actively bad, other than a defect like being corked.

DavidG

RPCV wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 3:45 pm Lotus of Siam is still open. They moved a few years ago to a new spot closer to the strip. Great selection of Riesling and other whites. Superior food as well.

That’s the one! Glad to hear they’re still going strong.

DavidG

Jim Thai food and wine are hard to match but obviously it depends on what it is. I don’t usually drink wine with anything with chili in it. It just kills wine flavours particularly added to heavy sauces like coconut based. I think Syrah/Shiraz is a better match with spices and I like them with Indi...

DavidG

Quoting from another story on the subject at https://vino-joy.com/2024/08/12/singapore-wine-exec-arrested-in-12-million-bordeaux-en-primeur-scam/, you would think this guy should have seen it coming: Among its high profile victims, Hong Kong’s famous fortune teller Peter So Man Fung was reported to ...

DavidG

I have 8 mixed cases worth of 2016 Bordeaux. More than any other vintage currently on hand, in part because I haven’t opened many yet. Mostly 3s, 4s, and 6s and a mix of EP and post-release purchases. My only 2016 FGs are 3 bottles of Haut Brion. Something about that Pessac profile that I just can’t...

DavidG

What a great evening! Lobster and a great white Burgundy are a match made in heaven. Alas, only memories since we’re off of shellfish. I have very high hopes for the 2016s. Glad to hear that the Lafite showed so well at what would usually be an awkward stage. Peggy and I are looking forward to a vis...

DavidG

Holy cow, what an evening!

DavidG

Oh no, I hope Marie-Claude is feeling better!

I can’t speak to 1993 Batailley, but it doesn’t sound like there was anything boring about your evening.

DavidG

Mmmmm, 1996 Leoville Barton. Drank our last one 2 years ago and had similar thoughts: why didn’t we buy more of this?

DavidG

Glad to see you two popping corks. The Magdelaines both sound wonderful. The only one Ive had is the 2000. Plenty of earthy complexity, some mint and fresh leafy green notes, excellent balance, should drink well for years to come.

DavidG

Lots of smiling faces and superb bottles - that comes through clearly! Well done!

DavidG

Congratulations, sounds like an excellent celebration!

DavidG

Very nice report Mark. I’m tempted to pick up some ‘19 Pape Clement.

DavidG

2006???

DavidG

Whether Harris has holes in her armor is irrelevant. Republicans will make up lies as needed. Democrats will need to aggressively attack the lies and counterpunch. It won’t convince the MAGA cult but it will hopefully convince enough of the apathetic to get out and vote. That will take guts and sma...

DavidG

Yup, now Trump is the only crazy old man in the race.

DavidG

Whether Harris has holes in her armor is irrelevant. Republicans will make up lies as needed. Democrats will need to aggressively attack the lies and counterpunch. It won’t convince the MAGA cult but it will hopefully convince enough of the apathetic to get out and vote. That will take guts and smar...

DavidG

Pictures display sideways because of the metadata attached to the file upload. Apparently they show up rotated on some systems but not others.

I’ve been told the way to prevent it is to edit the photo before attaching it to the post. Any edit, like a minor crop and save on the phone, should do it.

DavidG

Hoping Biden will use Covid as a reason to step aside. Not that he needs another one, but maybe this will give him another push and perhaps a way to internally rationalize/save face.

DavidG

However, the core protections against tyranny in the American system -- separation of powers, federalism, individual rights, etc. -- are still operative. For a president or political movement to fully unravel those protections would take a lot of qualities that I don't think Trump has. I also don't...

DavidG

I was about to respond as Jim did to Mark's statement that Trump was ineffective by citing his SC appointees as anathema to what I think is established precedent. Not just Roe but what appears to be a willingness to use whatever argument takes them to a politically predetermined outcome. I fully adm...

DavidG

Are we not to stand up to that kind of evil by speaking out publicly, for fear that a deranged nutter will take up arms? Are we to remain deferential until it’s too late? No, we should speak out in the strongest terms. I’ll tell you what informs my opinion: knowing Holocaust survivors from my paren...

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